Business Journal has article with “headline” would IBM consider moving HQ to Raleigh…my guess is this is a nonsense article with nothing material…basically clickbait.
The business journal would literally be one of the last “breaking news” outlets in Raleigh to be provided any real news.
Whitehurst (IBM President) said there are no plans to move move Big Blue’s corporate headquarters to Raleigh. But IBM has been putting more and more emphasis on Raleigh – where Red hat is located.
Out of curiosity, who would you say offers the best local business news.
Of ones I can get to, TBJ. May be slow reporting sometimes but seems to have most details. Also their reporters seem to know more about business that lot of other reporters that have no clue.
Mainly due to political connections. WRAL is locally owned. ABC, CBS are major news outlet affiliates. N&O…while no longer local…and a slowly dying outlet…is still the only “primary” newspaper
I don’t always agree with TBJ’s editorial stance (their EIC is pro-sprawl, for whatever reason) but they definitely are the most plugged-in publication in the region for this stuff. News Observer used to be great but has been gutted just like every other non-WaPo newspaper, WRAL is clickbait that re-posts news from six months ago as if its breaking, IndyWeek is good but is much more useful for politics and culture.
I think TBJ has very solid business news. They are not always great for breaking news the fastest, but I think they do a good job. News & Observer is probably second best, and then WRAL followed by ABC11, IMO.
For breaking news, basically reverse that order: WRAL, then ABC and N&O, then TBJ.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I find it annoying when people refuse to pay for news and then complain the news organizations cut staff.
By the time TBJ reports the breaking news, it’s long since broken, swept up, and thrown away.
They were pretty quick with the Apple news.
Hey ABC11 is owned by Disney-ABC Owned Television Station, they have the worldwide resources of ABC News.
But they didn’t break the news…WRAL did
In addition…
According to their websites:
Size of ABC11’s news team: 27 not including weather & editors
Size of WRAL’s news team:38 not including weather & editors
Size of N&O news team: 24 not including editors & sports
Size of TBJ news team: 5 not including editors
Not bad for such a small team.
NEW fidelity expansion in TRP, 500 jobs. sounds like call center type. No new incentives, guess they just like area. 
Sorry to continue off-topic discussion, but in a timely announcement, a national business journalism organization just announced TBJ as the winner of its General Excellence (small division) award. For context, the LA Times won for large organizations and the Miami Herald for medium.
“That New York City was even a possibility [for Amazon HQ2] was the result of a decision by Bezos to throw out months of careful study — which had narrowed the choices down to Chicago, Philadelphia and Raleigh — and go instead with his gut.”
(I’d always thought Arlington, Chicago, Dallas, and Philadelphia were good candidates, given the personnel and space demands, but always doubted that the Triangle was big enough.)
Holy crap. We were in the final 3 and ended up with nothing? What a crock of shit.
I think that Chicago’s proposal included the totality of the old Post Office building (a treasure by the way). It’s a very compelling proposal and the building rehab is spectacular. Luckily for my company, Bezos didn’t take it because we ended up fitting up most of a floor and will be consolidating our Chicago operations there once we are able to re-open our offices.
I’m wondering if that was the final 3, where did Nashville come from?
I bet we get more business of the kind we want and with less, WAY less credits because we were in the top 3. Apple and this article seriously putting Raleigh (more) on the map.